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Meanings of enticement in English

Portuguese
atracção
Catalan
encís
Spanish
atractivo
Wikidata

Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.

atracção
Portuguese
tentação
Catalan
temptació
Spanish
tentación

The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.

tentação

Something that entices.

Synonyms
Examples for "allurement"
Examples for "allurement"
1
There was allurement in the suggestion; travel had always tempted his fancy.
Born in Exile
2
Once more as in boyhood he saw the world full of allurement.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
3
The good God has given you love, the only allurement in life.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
4
A Unitarian horsedealer at Brindisi had all the allurement of the unexpected.
The Unbearable Bassington
5
But you are ill, Luke; What terrible allurement lies in the waterfall?
Tales of the Chesapeake
Usage of enticement in English
1
Her eyes were full of half serious reproach, of laughter and enticement.
The Northern Iron
2
Their glittering smile, their enticement and solicitation, their tempting eye-play were relaxed.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
3
We shall drive away serpents; the enticement of the senses are these serpents.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01: Basil to Calvin
4
The shadows moved listlessly among the bracken, and every vista was an enticement.
Evelyn Innes
5
On the instant her enticement shifted; all her being was a tremulous entreaty.
If I Were King
6
That provides an enticement for her to support the tax bill.
Reuters
7
The air was full of a mellow enticement, like strange incense; or romance.
Son of Power
8
If that's not enticement enough, Joe's also stocks prescription-strength Red Bull.
Wired
9
The knife pointing out towards us offers enticement to try this extinct delicacy.
BBC
10
They will not leave it-notfor any enticement you might offer.
Tuck
11
Helen Wrapp never failed of a green flashing glance of mockery and enticement.
The Day of the Beast
12
Naturally, we were hoping that the exhibitionism of July-till-now would be an enticement.
The new yorker
13
Sunday, the sixth, was a day of rare beauty and enticement.
Some Winter Days in Iowa
14
The Corvette's V8 and Porsche's flat-six each provide audible enticement to felonious behavior.
BBC
15
He struggled against the enticement that lay in this peculiarity.
The Goose Man
16
Come West, young'uns But most of all, Netscape is pushing the enticement of youth.
Wired
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Translations for enticement
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